A systematic assessment and monitoring intervention to improve pain management and quality reporting among home hospice patients

Validated and reproducible means to systematically improve pain documentation and outcomes in home-based hospice populations are generally lacking. This paper describes a novel, electronic medical record (EMR)-embedded pain monitoring and management program for home-based hospice patients.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - August 27, 2018 Category: Palliative Care Authors: J. Cameron Muir, Malene S. Davis, Stephen Connor, Emily A. Kuhl, Perry G. Fine Tags: Brief Quality Improvement Reports Source Type: research